it was really common in the 18th century to get a gig requiring a "new" opera so composers would just put together a "new" one from whatever they had onhand
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so a lot of baroque operas were pasticcios, composite pieces freely mixing original work and arrangements or adaptations of varying looseness of one's previous, or others', compositions
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it was especially common to just lift arias from other operas and have new librettos written for them
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Relatedly, all the variations on other people’s themes. Also, Liszt had tons of fun transcribing and “remixing” other people’s stuff for piano, including all of Beethoven’s symphonies!
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Not just opera, church music too. Bach's Christmas oratory consists largely of melodies previously used elsewhere.
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Pachelbel's following me everywhere. I can't escape him. I'll see you in hell, Pachelbel.
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Yes but did most sane people know those baroque remixes were way worse than the originals?
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